You probably won’t be targeted by spyware, but if you are, odds are you won’t know about it. The latest spyware slips in unseen through online ads as you go about your digital life.
  • @[email protected]English
    1•1 year ago

    Blocking ads is just another layer of defense in your security stack. I want to say it’s like locking your front door, but not using an ad blocker is worse than just having your front door unlocked.

    Imagine you have numerous solicitors coming up to your front door everyday and you left your front door not only wide open, but off the hinges. Who’s walking into your home with the best of intentions in that situation?

      • Yer MaEnglish
        0•1 year ago

        Filtered DNS, avoid the weighted routing of ISPs like Comcast, ability to locate in countries that have laws preventing data collection and bias routing

        • @[email protected]English
          0•1 year ago

          You don’t need a VPN for filtered DNS, since it’s you know, DNS.

          The others don’t have anything to do with spyware or viruses

  • Em AdespotonEnglish
    0•1 year ago

    I had an odd moment just now of “wait… you mean that isn’t already obvious to everyone?”

    Then I realized it probably wasn’t.